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Editor @AreoMagazine Secular, liberal humanist. Mother. Doglover. Writing book about epistemology & ethics on the academic left Helen.pluckrose@areomagazine.com

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    1. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose Oct 11

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      I think a lot of it comes from men not saying they worry about getting attacked. It's not damaging to femininity for a woman to say she feels afraid when she encounters a strange man on a dark street but very damaging to masculinity for a man to say so. https://twitter.com/BasedTomas/status/1050465586092957696 …

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    2. Mike‏ @citation_needed Oct 11
      Replying to @HPluckrose

      Well, no. We don’t worry about getting attacked; it’s got a not-unreasonable chance of happening, and ain’t no-one coming to our rescue, so we just learn to live with it. And take up Krav Maga if we’re really concerned.

      4 replies 0 retweets 8 likes
    3. PDX Selina‏ @SelinaDavis73 Oct 11
      Replying to @citation_needed @HPluckrose

      Was having a convo related to this recently. He was talking abt this time a drunk girlfriend mouthed off to some obvious gang-bangers, and how that suddenly meant *he* had a problem, as his risk of having to defend against physical attack had suddenly grown exponentially 1/

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    4. PDX Selina‏ @SelinaDavis73 Oct 11
      Replying to @SelinaDavis73 @citation_needed @HPluckrose

      A man can't show fear in a situation like that. If he shows fear, he's toast. I heed same warning to get safely away fr aggressive dogs. Something rather primal abt it. I'd never considered men might generally encounter such situations differently fr women tbh #femaleprivilege

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    5. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose Oct 11
      Replying to @SelinaDavis73 @citation_needed

      Yes, I realised this recently. On a train, some man, was going on at a teenage girl of about 14. About God. Loud & too close. Not overtly aggressive. I thought about intervening and wondered why they men weren't. I looked at them & saw they were all alert and watching indirectly.

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      Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose Oct 11
      Replying to @HPluckrose @SelinaDavis73 @citation_needed

      And then I thought if I went over there and told the man to back off and he got aggressive - he seemed volatile - I'd force an issue where one of them had to intervene and then there'd be a fight, so I waited & watched too. Then a seat came free & she sat & ppl closed round her.

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        2. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose Oct 11
          Replying to @HPluckrose @SelinaDavis73 @citation_needed

          Then he got off. It was seeing that the men were ready to intervene but waiting until it became necessary - if the girl got upset or the man got aggressive - that made me realise a female privilege. I cld have brought abt an altercation but it wldn't have been me dealing with it

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        3. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose Oct 11
          Replying to @HPluckrose @SelinaDavis73 @citation_needed

          I talked about this with a male friend and he said that reasonable men will behave this way. Hold back. Try not to let a situation get to a tipping point where violence is inescapable. Some women can escalate a situation without thinking it through in that way.

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        4. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose Oct 11
          Replying to @HPluckrose @SelinaDavis73 @citation_needed

          Because we don't tend to work that way. There isn't a tipping point where angry words inevitably become violence between women or between men and women. But there does seem to be some line with men & the sensible ones avoid stepping up to it.

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        5. CEO Russian Troll Farm Inc.‏ @CEORTF_Inc Oct 12
          Replying to @HPluckrose @SelinaDavis73 @citation_needed

          This is exactly correct Helen. It's a constant balance of assessing risk/threat. things between men can go from 0 to 100(death) very quickly. Sometimes you have to step up even when the outcome is likely to be 100. Many men experience terror very regularly.

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        1. Alexander Muir‏ @Alexander108 Oct 13
          Replying to @HPluckrose @SelinaDavis73 @citation_needed

          Yes, agreed. Great observation!

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